al H5921

עַל (al) means “upon” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

עַל Hebrew · H5921 5,771 tagged occurrences in 4,490 verses

Pronunciation guide: al Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5921A

עַל · al · upon

prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative)

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TBESH · H5921B

[כִּי] עַל [כֵּן] · [ki] al [ken] · as

conj forasmuch as, because that, because, notwithstanding, although

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

properly, the same as H5920 (עַל) used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

KJV glosses: above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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How translators render H5921

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
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vvv	31
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you	21
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him	19
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them	17
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the city	2
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above you	1
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being responsible for	1
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but fully	1
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by me	1
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for battle against her	1
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for the people	1
for themselves	1
for this	1
for your honor	1
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from here	1
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from my people	1
from us	1
from which	1
from your neck	1
from yourselves	1
grieving for	1
had	1
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hagar by	1
has aroused	1
he has received money from	1
he has veiled	1
he will reign on	1
he wrote on	1
her husband	1
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here by	1
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his presence	1
his purpose for me	1
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in addition to these	1
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in me	1
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is rewarded for his ways	1
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it across	1
it against	1
it for	1
kindly to them	1
led	1
let me supply	1
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like	1
loaded with	1
long as you live in	1
longed for	1
look on you	1
looms over	1
lying	1
lying on	1
manned	1
may be before	1
may you have	1
moreover	1
must wear the robe	1
my people	1
myself	1
near amasa	1
now	1
now tamar was wearing	1
of all	1
of him	1
of him instead	1
of his	1
of its value	1
of its value to it	1
of me	1
of the gatekeepers	1
of the value	1
of them	1
of your body	1
off my people	1
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ring	1
sackcloth around	1
saul	1
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supporting	1
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that are on it	1
that has come upon you	1
that is on them	1
that spirit on	1
that spirit on them	1
that they	1
that was in	1
that you have in	1
the envoys	1
the envoys gladly	1
the load	1
the lord	1
the nursing child	1
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the steward	1
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then along with	1
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this happened because	1
this to	1
though	1
to ahaz	1
to assist	1
to be in charge of	1
to fall into	1
to fight	1
to himself	1
to his people	1
to meet	1
to mount it on	1
to my sorrow	1
to reach	1
to that city	1
to the city	1
to the fire	1
to your	1
to your yoke	1
toward them	1
toward us	1
turned against them	1
turned away from her	1
turns on	1
unanswered	1
up	1
up on	1
upon elisha	1
upon himself	1
upon myself	1
upon yourself	1
upon yourselves	1
was above	1
was beside	1
was lifted up toward	1
was on moses	1
was over them	1
was placed	1
was reclining	1
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was upon us	1
we are closely	1
we will go against it	1
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were at	1
were beside	1
were over	1
were responsible for	1
were still covering	1
what you have in	1
when	1
wherever	1
while those facing	1
who supervised	1
who was at	1
will be next to it	1
will be over you	1
will be set against	1
will come against	1
will grow even	1
will he	1
will remain on	1
will turn to	1
with achish	1
with her	1
with me	1
with rehoboam	1
within	1
word throughout	1
written in	1
yet	1
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you are wearing	1
you at	1
you concerning	1
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you in	1
you over	1
you to	1
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your bags to	1
your doom	1
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yourself in	1
yourselves above	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
beside	3
upon	3
above	2
against	2
by	2
in	2
according to	1
after	1
against them touching	1
among	1
and	1
and from	1
as	1
because	1
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both	1
by reason of	1
for	1
for through	1
from	1
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from out	1
him according	1
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how long	1
in that	1
near	1
of them had the charge of	1
off	1
on	1
out	1
over	1
over us	1
than	1
than they	1
them out of	1
thereof from	1
throughout	1
to	1
to him concerning	1
with	1

Verses containing H5921

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1 Kings 16:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Omri and all the Israelites marched up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.
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1 Kings 16:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died
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1 Kings 16:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD and following the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.
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1 Kings 16:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Zimri and the treason he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
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1 Kings 16:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.
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1 Kings 16:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.
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1 Kings 16:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Omri, along with his accomplishments and the might he exercised, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
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1 Kings 16:29 · BSB · 2 occurrences
In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.
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1 Kings 17:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
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1 Kings 17:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
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1 Kings 17:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”
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1 Kings 17:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.
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1 Kings 17:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”
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1 Kings 17:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”
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1 Kings 17:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.
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1 Kings 18:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
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1 Kings 18:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,
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1 Kings 18:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now as Obadiah went on his way, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
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1 Kings 18:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
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1 Kings 18:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
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1 Kings 18:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Get two bulls for us. Let the prophets of Baal choose one bull for themselves, cut it into pieces, and place it on the wood but not light the fire. And I will prepare the other bull and place it on the wood but not light the fire.
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1 Kings 18:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.
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1 Kings 18:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.
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1 Kings 18:33 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood,
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1 Kings 18:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”
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1 Kings 19:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to him, “Go back by the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram.
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1 Kings 19:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.
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1 Kings 20:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.
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1 Kings 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ben-hadad received this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents, and he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they stationed themselves against the city.
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1 Kings 20:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with the cavalry.
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1 Kings 20:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against you.”
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1 Kings 20:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.
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1 Kings 20:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
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1 Kings 20:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the men were looking for a sign of hope, and they quickly grasped at this word and replied, “Yes, your brother Ben-hadad.” “Go and get him!” said the king. Then Ben-hadad came out, and Ahab had him come up into his chariot.
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1 Kings 20:38 · BSB · 2 occurrences
and the prophet went and waited on the road for the king, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.
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1 Kings 20:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.
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1 Kings 20:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Sullen and angry, the king of Israel went home to Samaria.
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1 Kings 21:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.
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1 Kings 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
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1 Kings 21:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.
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1 Kings 21:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.”
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1 Kings 22:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
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1 Kings 22:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
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1 Kings 22:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Dressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.
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1 Kings 22:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
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1 Kings 22:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.
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1 Kings 22:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”
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1 Kings 22:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”
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1 Kings 22:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely this is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.
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1 Kings 22:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.
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